Catching up

How do you like the new look of my blog? It took a lot of trial and error (and my son's help) to figure this out, but I get bored easily and I was really tired of the old look. I hope you like it.

I weigh-in tomorrow and that's always exciting. It's a good thing I'm making good progress. My married children and their children came over to day to eat and my sweet daughter-in-laws worked together to make a delicious meal. I had to take that on what everyone else was saying, as, still, I can only eat the salad, minus the feta cheese :(, along with my pre-packaged food. I consoled myself with knowing that today I wore a dress to church that I hadn't been able to wear in a long time.

On Friday my trainer was taking pictures with my camera and he caught me at the end of my third set of this exercise. It's funny, or at least he thought so, but it does show my determination to get back into shape.




Youngest daughter finished her science fair project over the weekend. She did her project on how heart rate (resting, walking, running and post-exercise) is affected by how fit the person is, or how much exercise they engage in. So, for several days all sorts of people were traipsing through my bedroom into the exercise room. That was okay until yesterday when I was sick with a sinus infection. Here is her self-portrait and a picture for the project showing her taking her big brother's pulse.





Two weeks ago 3rd daughter was working on her science fair project (which required no help from Mom and Dad) and here is a picture of her.



Sorry I haven't written much lately. I'll try to do better.
Quote for the day: "Perseverance, n. A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success." Ambrose Pierce

Does anyone know how hard this is?

It's not that I want a "pity party". I just need a little understanding right now.

I started a diet on Monday. It's one I've never done before since I'd already tried all that and it hasn't worked. It's Jenny Craig and, if you don't know anything about that diet, one way to do it is to eat only their packaged food. I chose that option and I also chose to have them choose all my meals. I was just to the point where I wanted to be told, "Here! Eat this! And, eat it at this time."

I don't have to measure, think, or even plan.

Anyway, the food is surprisingly tasty! But, there's just so little of it. And, it is hard not to eat any of the food already in the house. It also seems like EVERY billboard or sign or commercial is about food.

I asked my family to help me out for awhile by cooking all their meals themselves and everyone is taking turns doing that. I appreciate it so much. Thanks. Tonight Matt cooked Thai food (whimper) with peanut sauce (gasp).


And here is what I had:



I survived and I keep dreaming of being thinner. But, with my workouts and this diet I'm hopeful it won't just be a dream. :}

Quote for the day:
"I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen."
Frank Lloyd Wright